“Hollywood foot officers were in the area here of Las Palmas and Hollywood (Boulevard) when they hear what appears to be a couple of sounds like a firecracker … they walk north on Las Palmas to the front of a hotel where they find an individual laying on a sidewalk,” Katz said.

The man appeared to be in his 20s, unconscious and suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest. He was later pronounced dead at Cedars-Sanai Medical Center, Katz said.